On TV tonight, Waterloo Road season 12 kicks off, it's Knockout Week in MasterChef, Grand Designs: The Streets sees Kevin McCloud bringing back his expertise for a new property show. Here's what you shouldn't miss on TV Tonight.
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What's on TV tonight
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Best TV shows on TV tonight
Waterloo Road season 12, 8 pm, BBC One
It’s back to school for the students of Waterloo Road, and they arrive to find an increased police presence and metal detectors at the gates following the stabbing incident involving Danny (Adam Abbou) at the end of last term. As head teacher Kim (Angela Griffin) throws herself into tackling knife crime at the school, she’s stopped in her tracks by a familiar face - her ex Andrew (Jamie Glover)!
What brings him back? Meanwhile, deputy head Joe (James Baxter) takes steps to bring his family closer together, Danny faces a bleak future and Kai puts his heart on the line. This strong opening episode proves why Waterloo Road is still top of the class!
★★★★ VW
MasterChef, 9 pm, BBC One
It’s Knockout Week, the very name daunting for the remaining 14 amateurs, and the pressure is piled on as they are split into two teams and get to work in a professional kitchen for the first time. Gregg Wallace is off sick so the approachable Anna Haugh joins John Torode tonight to assess the dishes the hopefuls would have in their own restaurants, before five are selected for lunch service alongside Michelin-starred Peter Sanchez-Iglesias at The Standard hotel in London.
Later in the week, Monica Galetti is stand-in judge and the Royal Opera House is the venue. With opportunities like these served up, no one will want to be among the six who don’t make it through to the semi-finals. Continues Thursday and Friday.
★★★ NT
Grand Designs: The Streets, 9 pm, Channel 4
Kevin McCloud is back in his hard hat and hi-vis jacket for a new seven-part series of his property show celebrating the brave souls building their dream homes in streets specially dedicated to self-build projects. Tonight, he’s at a groundbreaking site in York, where Nicola and Gareth are planning a traditional redbrick family home with a modern twist.
But disaster strikes when their eye-catching triangular window doesn’t fit! Meanwhile, Matt and Maryellen are excited about their Brazilian-inspired house with a butterfly roof, but can’t see eye-to-eye on materials and decor… If it were easy, everyone would be doing it.
★★★★ ER
Forensics: The Real CSI, 9 pm, BBC Two
Following police investigations in real time, this often harrowing series highlights how the precise evidence gathered using forensic science can be the difference between a criminal facing or evading justice. This first episode of four focuses on tracking down a rapist after a woman walks into a police station to report she has been sexually assaulted by a stranger in a derelict building in the early hours. With no time to lose, the team must now use her testimony alongside digital evidence recovered at the crime scene to catch the perpetrator.
★★★ NT
Best box set on TV tonight
Sorry for Your Loss, ITVX
Elizabeth Olsen cemented her reputation as a seriously talented actor in this smart drama about the unexpected effects of grief, first shown on Facebook Watch. It’s one of many US dramas that have been added to ITVX recently. She plays widow Leigh, who moves back in with her sparky mother Amy (a wonderful Janet McTeer) after the death of her husband Matt (Mamoudou Athie). As the two series progress, she attempts to deal with her difficult relationship with her sister, a growing attraction to her brother-in-law and the realisation that she didn’t know her partner at all.
★★★★ NT
Best film on TV tonight
Watchmen, 10:50 pm, Film4
At the height of the Cold War, former superheroes driven into retirement by public outcry are confronted with the murder of one of their number. As they face the possibility of a conspiracy to eliminate them, they must contend with a world edging closer to the brink of nuclear war. Sci-fi drama, based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel, starring Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Akerman and Billy Crudup.
Soaps
- EastEnders, 7.30 pm, BBC One
- Emmerdale, 7.30 pm, ITV1
- Hollyoaks, 6.30 pm, Channel 4
- Home and Away, 6 pm, 5Star
Live Sport
- EFL: Luton Town v Sunderland (Kick-off 8 pm), Sky Sports Main Event
- UEFA Champions League: Inter Milan v AC Milan (Kick-off 8 pm), BT Sport 1
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